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Nassima Saifi of Algeria competes in the Women's Discus Throw - F57/58 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Eight Paralympic medallists part of team sent to Lyon 2013.

Michael McKillop and Brad Scott rivalry

Will Australia’s Brad Scott or Tunisia’s Mohamed Charmi pull off a surprise or is Ireland’s Michael McKillop a sure bet for gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships?

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Assunta Legnante

Italian Assunta Legnante sets season's best in shot put ahead of World Champs and aims for a podium in the discus.

Men's 100m T43 World Records infographic

Brazilian Paralympic champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira is targeting world records in France at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Terezinha Guilhermina

Eighty-six of the 98 countires competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships will arrive in the city on Monday (15 July).

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Brazilian world and Paralympic champion wants to go faster than ever before.

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German smashes Australian's world record ahead of world title showdown on 26 July

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Hannah Cockroft’s father on what it was like for him seeing his daughter win gold at London 2012, and what has changed going into Lyon 2013.

Marlou Van Rhijn of Netherlands at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

1,100 athletes from 99 countries set to compete in 207 medal events and media and broadcasters from 25 countries will provide coverage.

Mohamed Farhat Chida of Tunisia wins gold in the Men's 400m - T38 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Four Paralympic champions hope to bring more titles back to Tunisia from the IPC Athletics World Championships.

CORRECTED: Dan Greaves and Jeremy Campbell rivalry

The biggest battle on the field in Lyon is expected to be between Great Britain’s Dan Greaves and the USA’s Jeremy Campbell in the discus F44.

Marcel Hug Julien Casoli rivalry infographic

In the first of nine event previews for the IPC Athletics World Championships, the men’s 5,000m T54 will offer a glimpse of wheelchair racing’s future.

Marlou Van Rhijn of Netherlands at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

• 1,100 athletes from 99 countries set to compete in 207 medal events• Media and broadcasters from 25 countries will cover the event

Josh Cassidy

Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy and para-cyclist Shelley Gautier helped celebrate two years until the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

A picture of man celebrating his victory with a British Flag

British broadcaster will be showing athletics and swimming World Champs, as well as the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.

Johanna Benson and Francois-Elie rivalry

The women’s 100m T37 sprint will be a quick battle to the finish between France’s Mandy Francois-Elie and Namibia’s Johanna Benson.

Marieke Vervoort and Michelle Stilwell

Belgian aiming to topple world No. 1 over 100m and 200m in Lyon.

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Standards are raised on the track in Paris.

The Irish runner Jason Smyth competes in the men's 100m - T13 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Jason Smyth is making his World Champs comeback after missing the last in 2011, and hopes to reclaim his world titles in Lyon.